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Manchester-Chinese University of Hong Kong
The University of Manchester and the Chinese University of Hong Kong have a longstanding strategic partnership, with both institutions committed to collaborative research initiatives that provide insight to solve global issues.
The joint research fund between CUHK and Manchester aims to support collaborative research initiatives between the two institutions.
Funding
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Awarded projects
| Manchester lead | Hong Kong lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ransford Antwi Acheampong | Dr Sylvia He | Humanities | School of Environment, Education and Development | Mobilising evidence and policy impetus to accelerate transport decarbonisation transitions |
| Dr Michael Buckley | Prof Christina Cheung | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | Marine palaeoecology of Hong Kong: a pilot archaeological investigation |
| Prof Hector Chinoy | Prof So Ho | Biology, Medicine and Health | School of Biological Sciences | International utility of liquid biopsy for inflammatory myopathy cancer detection |
| Dr Robin Curtis | Prof Jiang Xia | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Therapeutic protein phase separation behaviour: recombinant collagens and antibody fragments |
| Dr Yajing Li | Dr You (Willow) Wu | Humanities | Alliance Manchester Business School | The role of artificial intelligence in entrepreneurial financing |
| Dr Zhonghua Zheng | Prof Francis Tam | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | Dynamic earth system modelling for informing regional urban climate adaptations |
| Manchester lead | Hong Kong lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Sarah Cartmell | Prof Dai Fei Elmer Ker | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Studying the mechanical conditioning of tendon-like biomaterials |
| Prof Holly Shiels | Prof Laura Falkenberg | Biology, Medicine and Health | Medical Sciences | Characterising micro and nanoplastics in Hong Kong’s oysters |
| Dr Joseph Lee | Prof Jyh-An Lee | Humanities | Social Sciences | Digital platform governance: security, scalability and sustainability |
| Manchester lead | Hong Kong lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Leela Biant | Prof Shu Hang Patrick Yung | Biology, Medicine and Health | Biological Sciences | Defining the cellular content of human hoffa fat pad in health and disease |
| Prof Patrick Cai | Prof Ting Fung Philos Chan | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Rhizobium genome refactoring for climate-smart agriculture |
| Prof Cecilia Wong | Prof Mee Kam Ng | Humanities | Environment, Education and Development | Smart and sustainable planning: towards an integrated spatial approach |
| Manchester lead | Hong Kong lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Lu Jian Ren | Prof Xia Jiang | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Cell-specific delivery of designed amphiphilic peptides for anticancer treatment |
| Dr Yao Bo | Prof Cai Zhenguang Garry | Biology, Medicine and Health | Biological Sciences | The embodiment of language syntax in the brain |
| Prof Martin Gallagher | Prof Chan Man Nin | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Quantifying our ability to detect airborne pollens in Hong Kong |
| Manchester lead | Hong Kong lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Kostas Kostarelos | Prof Zhang Li | Biology, Medicine and Health | Health Sciences | Magnetic swarming microrobots for image-guided therapy |
| Prof Patrick Cai | Prof Chan Ting Fung | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Collaborative effort to engineer synthetic yeast genome for producing biobutanol |
| Dr Li Jiashen | Prof Bian Liming | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Hierarchical metal bisphosphonate nanoparticles delivery system for bone cancer |
| Manchester lead | Hong Kong lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Masoud Babaei | Prof Chung Tsz Shun Eric | Science and Engineering | Engineering | Multiscale modelling of geothermal energy recovery from fractured porous systems |
| Dr Zsolt Zador | Prof Poon Wai Sang | Biology, Medicine and Health | Health Sciences | Improving outcome predictions in neurosurgery using unstructured admission CT data |
| Dr Gareth Clay | Prof Lai Yuk Fo Derrick | Humanities | Environment, Education and Development | Characterising 'blue carbon' dynamics in subtropical mangroves |
| Manchester lead | Hong Kong lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Cecilia Wong | Prof Mee Kam Ng | Humanities | Environment, Education and Development | Future cities planning for sustainable urban neighbourhood change |
| Prof Giulio Di Toro | Prof Hongfeng Yang | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Seismicity induced by underground injection and extraction of natural gas |
| Dr Goran Nenadic | Dr Yuk Lun Alexander Lau | Science and Engineering | Engineering | Text mining for integrative medicine research in neurological disorders |
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Contacts
The University of Manchester
Helen Lusty, International Relations, International Development
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Olivia Kwok, Office of Academic Links
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